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There are almost no beautiful cities in America, though there are many beautiful parts of cities, and some sections that are glorious without being beautiful, like downtown Chicago. Cities are too big and too rich for beauty; they have outgrown themselves too many times.
Noel Perrin
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The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Herbert Croly
Noel Perrin
Born:
September 18, 1927
Died:
November 21, 2004
(aged 77)
Bio:
Noel Perrin was an American essayist and a professor at Dartmouth College.
Known for:
Giving up the gun (1979)
First person rural (1978)
A reader's delight (1988)
Amateur Sugar Maker (1972)
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